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If you can't make it, I'll do that too lol. Hell I'll even pay for the plane ticket.

That's what he said.

I have a guy that has done 30-40 units for me. Most are $2k or less.

For sure- I mainly just don't like Grant. That's awesome you've paid off your mortgage- I will never do such a thing (I have 7 figures worth of mortgages), but again, congrats. However in response to having your family live a comfortable life, that's what life insurance is for. If I die tomorrow (fuck I hope not), those important to me will be more than covered for the rest of their life. All for the low cost of $137 a month. ...you get it. It's kind of a long story, and there are hundreds of ways to get started, but I loaned $25k from my dad's credit card when I was 20 years old (and for what it's worth, my parents make a combined total of $50k a year, so this wasn't a rich daddy story). Bought a condo in Canal for $25k, put $5k into it and sold it for $65k the third day on the market. Paid my dad back (and all fees), had $28k left and bought another condo for $33k (I had to sell my Legacy GT and buy a fucking Geo Prizm to make it happen) and sold it for $63k...the only thing I did there was paint and new appliances. Flipped 2 more houses, lost my ass on one and panicked so I cashed out and bought 4 rentals. Refinanced them all and did it again. Refinanced it all and did it again. I follow the "BRRRRR" investment strategy. I was just featured on a local podcast about my story. If anyone is interested, here is the link: https://takeactionrealestate.podbean.com/e/episode-31-investor-brad-clarizio-does-it-all-rentals-flips-and-airbnbs/

I started with $30k when I got into real estate investment. 14 rentals, 1 AirBnb, 10+ flips and 1 flop later, I wouldn't make any change a single thing. Even the flop- was the most expensive lesson I've ever learned, but it taught me a lot. If he wants to talk to someone with actual experience, he's welcome to reach out. I see a lot of questions in here about managing them...there are seriously properties I haven't been to in 2-3 years. Same tenants depositing the same rent every month. I drive by them to make sure they're maintaining the exterior, but that's it. I have one house I haven't been to in over 5 years. Had some ceiling work done the other day and my contractor said it was in perfect shape. It's all about your processes and finding good tenants. The worst advice in here is paying off debt. That's not an investment.

My girlfriend won’t shut up about seeing Luke Combs in a couple days. I know it’s a long shot, but anyone have 2 they can’t use?

Damn I miss having a garage...it will be the only reason I leave the house I'm in now. Should be a cool thread, I'm looking forward to seeing some people's stuff.

Wait, what? Where did 5'9" come from, and what does that have to do with anything? LOL, thanks for proving my point, idiot. For the record, I'm 6'.

I enjoy half my jobs (RE investor, RE agent and landlord). I don't enjoy my full time job.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions- most of it is in line with our research and sounds like exactly what we're looking for. Keep the suggestions coming! Sounds great- but I can do that in Hilton Head for free (family owns a condo there and I fly SW for free for 2019). I definitely want to enjoy the specific things Italy has to offer.

I really believe you are the biggest idiot on this site.

Hopefully this helps! From most of what we've read, most people do either a northern trip (Venice/Milan/Etc.), central trip (Florence/Rome/Venice) or southern trip (Sicily/Naples/Bari). We have chosen the central trip as our first one, even though my family is from Bari.

A couple of months ago my girlfriend and I got a pretty good deal on flights to Italy, and now we're tasked with deciding what all we want to do while we're there. We are going June 5th-June 15th, with the 5th and the 15th being travel days, so we essentially have 8 full days in Italy. Personally, I'm thinking: 3 days in Rome 3 days in Naples (1 of which is spent on the Almafi Coast) 2 days in Florence We don't plan on getting a car, so obviously we prefer things that are "trainable". What are the MUST do's in each of these cities? As much as I prefer the recommendations, please don't throw out obscure things like "take a train up to Germany for a day to get some sausage"- we'd like to hit these 3 cities and do what they have to offer in the time allotted. Thoughts? PS: we are doing AirBnB's, no hotels.

Real estate.

I haven’t gotten a refund in years...now I just do everything I can do reduce the anal impact that I seem to take year after year. I’ll be curious what my girlfriend gets vs. the year before

It's a shitload to share, so if anyone wants to see pics of my latest flip, add me on FB: Brad Clarizio. Before and after pics of a flood house I got from a recommendation here on CR.

Any news models? It hasn’t started snowing downtown

Sold.

LOL...she has some miles on her, that's for sure (the mattress). This is sold, someone on their way now to get it.

Forgot to post a pic. Forgive the toenails, I forgot to clip those monsters before the surgery. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We caved and bought one of those gel Tuft and Needle beds so selling our previous mattress. It’s a Serta Bradmoore, approx 3 years old. Smoke free/bug free home. $175 CR price. I have a truck if you need to use it to move. I just had foot surgery so I’m basically useless in helping. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We fucked

I’m embarrassed that he wasn’t able to pick that up.

Most bunyons are hereditary. My mom has them bad and so does my sister and aunt. It’s also more prone to be painful if you have flat feet, which I do to the extreme. Yesterday may have been one of the worst days of my life. Much better today, but holy fuck, the pain yesterday was unbelievable.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes- had it done this morning and wow, what a wild experience. I’ve never had surgery before so this was crazy to me. The procedure was supposed to take 135 minutes but because mine was so bad it took close to 4 hours. They had to realign my big toe twice. On the couch now and still can’t feel my leg. I suppose that’s a good thing. Thanks for the advice- I saw it a little too late haha. I actually went with Dr. Koplanski. Supposedly the guy is the best in the business. I had Lapiplasty done, which I’m sure you know is a new procedure. They’re saying I can walk in a boot on Monday.